[GNC] Command line quotes still not fixed

David H hellvee at gmail.com
Thu Apr 6 16:22:36 EDT 2023 

Ta for that Geert.



On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 17:47, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> Actually instead of adding a --namespace parameter, you can just use '--'
> to separate the named parameters from the positional parameters like so:
>
> flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash --quotes get --
> /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucash
>
> That's a common unix way to solve such ambiquities.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>
> Op donderdag 6 april 2023 05:04:02 CEST schreef john:
>
> > The namespace parameter is a regular expression, so .* will get the
> quotes
>
> > from all of your namespaces.
>
> >
>
> > Regards,
>
> > John Ralls
>
> >
>
> > > On Apr 5, 2023, at 3:46 PM, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >
>
> > > What default namespace, look in YOUR security editor - as far as
>
> > > I know it's whatever you set up.  I have a vague recollection that it
>
> > > doesn't really care and will be happy with just a single character
>
> > > i.e. --namespace=x
>
> > > but don't quote me on that.
>
> > >
>
> > > By the way your original email could do with some halfway decent
>
> > > formatting
>
> > > - see what the mailing list received at
>
> > >
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-April/106230.html
>
> > > you
>
> > > might like to tweak that to make it readable in future.
>
> > >
>
> > > Cheers David H.
>
> > >
>
> > > On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 at 07:46, David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> > >> I saw that later.  What's the default namespace?
>
> > >>
>
> > >>
>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
>
> > >> From: David H <hellvee at gmail.com>
>
> > >> To: David G. Pickett <dgpickett at aol.com>
>
> > >> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>
> > >> Sent: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 3:45 pm
>
> > >> Subject: Re: [GNC] Command line quotes still not fixed
>
> > >>
>
> > >> And you'll see there's a whole other thread on this -
>
> > >>
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-April/106181.html.
>
> > >> Bug report at https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798815
>
> > >>
>
> > >> If you include a namespace parameter for now it will work.
>
> > >>
>
> > >> Cheers David H.
>
> > >>
>
> > >> On Wed, 5 Apr 2023 at 23:00, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user <
>
> > >> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>
> > >>
>
> > >> I can still only update quotes with the interactive button, the
> flatpak
>
> > >> run gnucash command that ran in 4.* is still broken:
>
> > >> dgp at dgp-p6803w:~$ flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli
> org.gnucash.GnuCash
>
> > >> --quotes get /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucashMissing data
> file
>
> > >> parameter
>
> > >> gnucash-cli [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal
> and
>
> > >> small business finance:
>
> > >> Common Options:  -h [ --help ]          Show this help message  -v [
>
> > >> --version ]       Show GnuCash version  --debug                Enable
>
> > >> debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
> logs.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>                       This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log
>
> > >>
>
> > >> "qof=info"                          --log "gnc=info"  --extra
>
> > >>
>
> > >>  Enable extra/development/debugging features.  --log arg
> Log
>
> > >>
>
> > >> level overrides, of the form
>
> > >> "modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
>
> > >> Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
>
> > >> gnc.backend.file.sx=info"                         This can be invoked
>
> > >> multiple times.  --paths                Show paths  --logto arg
>
> > >> File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
>
> > >> can be "stderr" or "stdout".
>
> > >> Price Quotes Retrieval Options:  -Q [ --quotes ] arg    Execute price
>
> > >> quote related commands. The following
> commands
>
> > >> are
>
> > >> supported.                                                    info:
> Show
>
> > >> Finance::Quote version and exposed quote
>
> > >> sources.                            get: Fetch current quotes for all
>
> > >> foreign                                  currencies and stocks in the
>
> > >> given
>
> > >> GnuCash                                  datafile.
>
> > >> dump: Fetch current quotes for specified currencies
>
> > >>
>
> > >>           or stocks from a specified namespace and print
>
> > >>
>
> > >>               the results to the console.
>
> > >>
>
> > >> This must be followed with a source and one or
>
> > >>
>
> > >>     more symbols, unless the source is "currency"
>
> > >>
>
> > >>         in which case it must be followed with two or
>
> > >>
>
> > >>             more symbols, the first of which is the
>
> > >>
>
> > >>           currency in which exchange rates for the rest
>
> > >>
>
> > >>               will be quoted.                           --namespace
> arg
>
> > >>
>
> > >>    Regular expression determining which namespace
>
> > >>
>
> > >> commodities will be retrieved for when using the get
>
> > >>
>
> > >>   command  -V [ --verbose ]       When using the dump command list
> all of
>
> > >>
>
> > >> the parameters                         Finance::Quote returns for the
>
> > >> symbol instead of the                          ones that Gnucash
>
> > >> requires.
>
> > >> Report Generation Options:  -R [ --report ] arg    Execute report
> related
>
> > >> commands. The following                          commands are
> supported.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>                                                list: Lists available
>
> > >>
>
> > >> reports.                           show: Describe the options
> modified in
>
> > >> the named                                  report. A datafile may be
>
> > >> specified to                                  describe some saved
>
> > >> options.
>
> > >>
>
> > >>                         run: Run the named report in the given GnuCash
>
> > >>
>
> > >>                            datafile.                           --name
> arg
>
> > >>
>
> > >>           Name of the report to run
>
> > >>
>
> > >> --export-type arg      Specify export type
>
> > >> --output-file arg      Output file for report
>
> > >> dgp at dgp-p6803w:~$ ls -l
>
> > >> /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucash-rw-rw-r-- 2 dgp dgp 2899938
>
> > >> Apr
>
> > >> 4 17:55 /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucashdgp at dgp-p6803w:~$
>
> > >>
>
> > >> _______________________________________________
>
> > >> gnucash-user mailing list
>
> > >> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>
> > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
>
> > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>
> > >> -----
>
> > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>
> > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> > >
>
> > > _______________________________________________
>
> > > gnucash-user mailing list
>
> > > gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>
> > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
>
> > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>
> > > -----
>
> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>
> > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> >
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
> > gnucash-user mailing list
>
> > gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>
> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe:
>
> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
>
> > -----
>
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>
> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
>
>

More information about the gnucash-user mailing list